Summary
Scott Dukes is a software architect with 13 years of experience designing and delivering robust gaming and enterprise systems from Durban, South Africa. As one of two architects for Forge at Games Global and a long-standing senior technologist at Derivco, he blends cloud-native architecture, .NET/Java backend expertise, and mobile/Android client experience. His background includes leading configuration and build engineering teams, shaping back-office and gaming platforms, and acting as a provisional enterprise architect—demonstrating both hands-on coding and systems-level design. Trained as an electronic engineer, he brings an engineering mindset to software reliability, testing, and SCM practices. Colleagues rely on him to translate complex requirements into scalable, testable systems while mentoring teams through Agile delivery.
13 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science in Engineering (BScEng), Electronic Engineering, Bachelor of Science in Engineering (BScEng), Electronic Engineering at University of Natal
English, Afrikaans